he was then subsequently killed in a fight with terrorists again that's coming from the russian ministry of defense they also added that it's believed that a anti-aircraft missile system was actually used in the downing of the plane and very quickly after the attack took place videos and photos surfaced online most of them very graphic and disturbing showing rebels taking photos of the dead pilot and stomping on the debris of the crashed plane now. of the group that has claimed responsibility of attack say that they are part of the moderate opposition free syrian army but it's widely believed that they are in fact actually allied with the latest incarnation of they have in the past enjoyed support from washington and even received weapons from the u.s. at this point russia did react quite quickly and has already carried out a number of persuasion strikes in the area with the ministry reporting that over thirty militants were killed as a result. friday still the release of the alleging the f.b.i. and justice department abused their powers to secure a warrant to spy on trump's election campaign putti

he was then subsequently killed in a fight with terrorists again that's coming from the russian ministry of defense they also added that it's believed that a anti-aircraft missile system was actually used in the downing of the plane and very quickly after the attack took place videos and photos surfaced online most of them very graphic and disturbing showing rebels taking photos of the dead pilot and stomping on the debris of the crashed plane now. the group that has claimed responsibility of the tax say that they are part of the moderate opposition free syrian army but it's widely believed that they are in fact actually allied with the latest incarnation. they have in the past enjoyed support from washington and even received weapons from the u.s. at this point russia did react quite quickly and has already carried out a number of persuasion strikes in the area with the ministry reporting that over thirty militants were killed as a result. a newly released u.s. congressional memo has ignited a firestorm of controversy in washington the document written by republicans alleges the f.b.i. and the jus

he was then subsequently killed in a fight with terrorists again that's coming from the russian ministry of defense they also added that it's believed that a anti-aircraft missile system was actually used in the downing of the plane and very quickly after the attack took place videos and photos surfaced online most of them very graphic and disturbing showing rebels taking photos of the dead pilot and stomping on the debris of the crashed plane now. the group that has claimed responsibility of the tax say that they are part of the moderate opposition free syrian army but it's widely believed that they are in fact actually allied with the latest incarnation. they have in the past enjoyed support from washington and even received weapons from the u.s. at this point russia did react quite quickly and has already carried out a number of persuasion strikes in the area with the ministry reporting that over thirty militants were killed as a result. the newly released u.s. congressional memo has ignited a. storm of controversy in washington the document written by republicans alleges the f.b.i. and the just

in northern syria on saturday major amman philip of refused to surrender to the rebel forces on the ground and died fighting the russian defense ministry has posthumously awarded the deputy squadron commander the country's highest want to retitle hero of the russian federation in moscow a memorial has been set up outside the defense ministry where people have been laying flowers and breathes and in the crimean city of sebastopol mourners laid candles in the shape of a jet to filipov as memory many people have been particularly shocked by the footage apparently showing the incident syrian opposition activists have posted online may find some of the following images disturbing. the. the sun very fired video that you just saw appeared online shortly after the incident and it shows the last moments of the pilot's life now from what we can hear on the video the pilot had waited for the terrorist to get closer to him and only after that he detonated taking his own life and also avoiding capture he even managed to shout that he was doing this for his own colleagues that were fighting alongside him or his defense ministry has already confirmed

militants in the north of syria on saturday major roman philip off refused to surrender to the rebel forces on the ground and died in the fighting that ensued the russian defense ministry has posthumously awarded the deputy squadron commander the country's highest honor retitle hero of the russian federation in moscow a memorial has been set up outside the defense ministry people have been the flowers and there in the crimean city of sevastopol winners laid out candles in the shape of a jet to fill up memory many people have been particularly shocked by the footage purportedly showing the incident of syrian opposition activists posted online you may find some of the images disturbing. you. know. this is a. very fired video that you just saw appeared online shortly after the incident and it shows the last moments of the pilot's life now from what we can hear on the video the pilot had waited for the terrys to get closer to him and only after that he detonated and they taking his own life and also avoiding capture he even managed to shout that he was doing this for his own colleagues that were fighting alongside him or his defense ministry has already confirmed all these

impossible to track all of them to establish who does what but yet at the same time of the defense ministry of the russian federation working together with other government agencies has been following each of those incidents since one of our priorities is to protect the interests of russian citizens every russian citizen has a right to be protected by the russian state even if they violate russian laws so once again i would like to emphasize that we're talking about a conflict zone here a conflict zone with hostilities underway working in such an environment is nearly impossible for diplomats. such publications or we make our work even more difficult to get the couple more points about the situation in syria we noted their press release but technical search could terry of the old p c w. they launch of their investigation on the use of chemical weapons in syria because of sept reports coming from various sources about the possible incident of using a poisonous substances in the province in january. that. they use open sources for this investigation questioning witnesses studying medical reports. that o.p.c

militants in the north of syria on suffered a major fillip off refused to surrender to the rebel forces on the ground and died in the fighting that ensued the russian defense ministry has posthumously awarded the deputy squadron commander the country's highest honor retitle hero of the russian federation. in moscow a memorial has been set up outside the defense ministry building people have been laying flowers and we saw there in the crimean city of sevastopol mourners laid out candles in the shape of a chit to honor for the very many people have been particularly shocked by the footage purportedly showing the incident that syrian opposition activists posted on you may find some of the images the street. the sound very fired video that you just saw appeared online shortly after the incident and it shows the last moments of the pilot's life now from what we can hear on the video the pilot had waited for the terrys to get closer to him and only after that he detonated and then taking his own life and also avoiding capture he even managed to shout that he was doing this for his own colleagues that were fighting alongside him or his defense ministry has already confirm

recap of the headlines here not just here a russian fighter jet has been shot down by rebels of a syria's northwest province russia's defense ministry says the pilot managed to object but was later killed near the town of. moscow has retaliated it says it's killed thirty fighters in the area and dozens of air strikes turkey says eight of its soldiers have been killed on saturday in the offensive against kurdish fighters in northern syria a free man region says some of them died when their tank came under fire losses makes it the deadliest day for turkish troops since the olive branch operation began more than two weeks ago italy's prime minister has condemned a drive by shooting targeting african immigrants warning hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide people police arrested a man who making a fascist salute to six people shot and. arab refugees in germany have been protesting against hate crimes in the eastern city of kut it follows two recent life attacks by syrian teenagers refugees say the incident is being used by far right groups to stoke tension in the area far right supporters of also held a demonstration to prot

a quick recap of the headlines here this hour russian fighter jets been shot down by rebels of a syria's north western in the province russia's defense ministry says the pilot managed to objects but was later killed near the town of. moscow has retaliated it says it's killed thirty fighters in the area and dozens of air strikes turkey says eight of its soldiers have been killed on saturday in the offensive against kurdish fighters in northern syria a free region. ankara says some of them died when their tank came under fire the losses make it the deadliest day for turkish troops since the olive branch operation began more than two weeks ago. the palestine liberation organization has moved to cut ties with israel p.l.o. leaders met in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday their vote of the palestinian government to draft a plan to cut off political economic and security contacts there's been growing tensions since december when u.s. president donald trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel the palestinians want east jerusalem to be capital of any future state italy's prime minister has condemned a drive by shooting targetin

of the russian federation. he has extensive business dealings with the russian federation ministry of defense and the company witht ties to him holds a contract to build a military base near the russian federation border with ukraine. so doug, if you can walk us through this for a moment, that company supposedly is concord which is in this indictment, building that russian base and being a potential russian contractor for troops according to the reports. >> it's entirely reasonable for everybody to say look, there appear to be significant, you know, contacts and interactions and a nexus between that particular individual, his business dealings you know and the government, but again, not to be a broken record, politically everybody kind of oversells their positions. it's crystal clear that the russian government was involved. i don't agree with that. versus the government wasn't involved at all. i don't agree with that. the truth is somewhere in between in my view. eric: what do you mean in between? you don't think putin ordered this? it's been said this came directly from putin. >> i don't think so. i don't think

of the people in gross. thank you very much. militants have claimed responsibility for killing a russian pilots after shooting down his fighter jets over syria's northwestern edge province russia's defense ministry has confirmed the incident and has said it's already launched retaliation strikes on the rebels a pillar of smoke marks the place where the russian war plane came down its pilot was able to parachute to the ground but not to safety russia's defense ministry says he died in a fight with militants it's not clear whether the rebels tried to capture him. there's another. plane came down in a village south of the city of. rebels and locals quickly gathered around the wreckage to celebrate their victory. work well. a reporter well known in the arab world was also there. i mean a lot no one had to watch the residents here call this kind of war plane the machine gun. because of the heavy guns it carries. it attacks roads and cuts them off the death of cars from moving. the plane was a sukhoi twenty five a single seat jet designed to attack targets on the ground. just hottest group linked to the former syrian branch of al qaida claims one of its fighters hit the jet with a portable anti-aircra

opposition factions in syria have claimed responsibility for the downing of a russian warplane on saturday russia's defense ministry says the pilot ejected from the jet but was killed in a ground fight in the town of sarcasm human rights watch says bahrain is deported eight people to waterborne iraq after a vocal message is in ship and making them stateless. among thirty one activists and human rights lawyers who citizenship was revoked in two thousand and twelve on the grounds of damaging national security. and the palestine liberation organization has moved to cut ties with israel p.l.o. leaders met in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday they have ordered the palestinian government to draft a plan to kossuth political economic and security contacts he had lines coming up next on al-jazeera it's one i want to east. there the children with nowhere to go and no one to care for them. in china the sons and daughters of jailed criminals are often left chunked and alone for some a shelter in beijing is the closest they'll get to a place they can call home. i'm steve chair on this episode a one on one east we

large scale run somewhere at which targeted a number of countries in june last year including russian but it comes after the danish ministry of defense also accused russia of responsibility for the attack and recently the british government made the same accusation but it seems the u.k. foreign office minister man who made the statement couldn't actually confirm that it was the doing of moscow the u.k.'s national cybersecurity sends a sense is that the russian military was almost certainly responsible for the destructive not patch of cyber attack of june twenty seventh. yet the mower behind the attack is called not petyr the first reports on the cyber attack came from ukraine but quickly spread around the world it's believed not petty one hundred at least two thousand organizations including transport systems bikes and hospital grids russia the u.k. the us germany and france were all hit by malware we talked to adam garri director eurasia future news media who say you scapegoating russia well it's all the rage these these. it's just a trend it's a it was communists were everywhere in the fifty's then it was everyone who's a muslim is

opposition factions in syria have claimed responsibility for the downing of a russian warplane over on saturday russia's defense ministry says the pilot ejected from the jet but was killed in a ground fight near the town of sorry. human rights watch says has to forty eight people to war torn iraq after revoking that citizenship mckinnon stank less the deportees were among fair to an activist and human rights lawyer as his citizenship was revoked and twenty trial those are the headlines talked to al jazeera is next. trial. is going to be good. to see. you a pulitzer to be placed between east and west grades a hugely important institution croll many of the region's crises and conflicts not to mention developments around the.

of quite yet. well the russian defense ministry also said that according to its sources armed groups in eastern groups are preparing to use chemical weapons to provoke sign forces into attacking the syrian government political science professor my good buttress believes terrorism no intention of respect ing the cease fire it's naive to say we have to stop the violence overnight and cease fire overnight simply because all the parties involved have interests to continue on with this violence that is groups have instructions to is can lead to violence. terrorist groups in this day of this that they are so disparate that's why i can believe that the can use chemical weapons as the last chord on the tape but meanwhile turkey say's it is not going to halt its military offensive in northern syria in spite of the cease fire i'm grasping currying operation against kurdish militia fighters which it views as terrorists on thursday the turkish army shelled a wine convoy entering the city of a green and chris ses it was transporting fighters and weapons but the kurdish forces insist the trucks were only carrying c

important role in turning the tide in favor of syrian government forces we still don't know how many russian troops served in syria according to the defense ministry it could be around fifty thousand soldiers but the number of russians fighting in syria is probably much higher that studer russian mercenaries who are fighting alongside pro syrian forces our correspondent emily sure when traveled to a small town in the ural mountains people there say local men joined a private military force. it's about as far as you can get from syria and yet here in the russian town of kid there all the people are waiting for news about seven locals who reportedly went to fight in syria they allegedly worked as mercenaries which is illegal in russia the topic is sensitive many people here say they know nothing about the man with the flu in fact we are repeatedly met with rejection and kid but this building is home to the mother of one of the fighters she had agreed to speak to us about her son but canceled the interview after being told her son had been killed. a local gives us the address of the wife of another mercenary when we tried to speak to her she insists

that particular area and the ministry said that over thirty militants were killed as a result of these strikes. in the russian capital a memorial has been set up side the defense ministry people have been leaving flowers and we are now in the crimean city of sevastopol people lead our country in the shape of a jet to honor philip offs memory. kilometers of rubble on ruination a vast desolate city strewn with conflicts all night then to find bodies that's the state of mosul today after your own from its liberation artie's video agency ruptly has been capturing images of the iraqi cities harder we post islamic state reality we need to warn you again you may find the following footage highly upsetting. how many bodies have you removed since you started working in this area approximately five hundred are there any more yes in houses and all their odds. are i don't i challenge any member of parliament to live in the conditions we are currently living in here i bet they are even afraid of entering this area they have no idea how horrible the smell is or how critical the medical situation is. we haven't received any kind of aid since things finished here seven months

different opposition factions in syria its ability for the downing of a russian warplane of it live province on saturday russia's defense ministry says the pilot ejected from the jet but was killed in a ground fight in the town of sarcasm human rights watch says bahrain has deported eight people to water on iraq after a vocal message isn't chip and making them stateless the eight deportivo are among thirty one activists and human rights lawyers who citizenship was revoked in two thousand and twelve on the grounds of damaging national security. the palestine liberation organization has moved to cut ties with israel p.l.o. leaders met in the occupied west bank on saturday ordering the palestinian government to draft a plan to cut off political economic and security contacts i have the news hour twenty five minutes. seven turkish soldiers are killed in the northern syrian district of a screen turkey it says the operation is crucial to defeat what it calls terrorists and establish a buffer zone but how much of a challenge is that and could this lead to a quagmire for this is inside story. and i welcome to the program i'm jane doc in

part time for a quick recap of the top stories here a russian jets been shot down by rebels over syria's northwest and into the province russia's defense ministry says the pilot managed to object but was later killed in the town of suck. it in his prime minister has condemned a drive by shooting targeting african immigrants warning hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide people at least the rest of them that it would be making a racist salute after six people were shot and much of. a u.s. president says a de classified memo released by congress on friday totally vindicates him of the probe into links between russia and its twenty six thousand campaign the memo was written by republicans on the house intelligence committee but the f.b.i. says it contains material admissions of. but you a sect of state is in argentina on the second stop of his five nation tour of latin america rex tillerson will meet argentina's foreign minister on sunday is using the tool to improve u.s. relations in the region friday he met mexico's president to ease worries of a donald trump's comments on immigration and trade he also wants to shore up support for wa

of quite yet. the russian defense ministry also said that according to its sources armed groups in eastern gooda are preparing to use chemical weapons to provoke outside forces into attacking the syrian government political science professor minded motorist believes terrorists have no intention of respecting the cease fire it's naive to say we have to stop the violence overnight and cease fire overnight simply because all the parties involved have interest to continue on with this violence there is groups have instructions to is can lead to violence. terrorist groups in this day of this story they are so desperate that's why i can believe that the they can use chemical weapons as the last chord on the table. the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics in south korea came to a dramatic close on sunday a stunning fireworks display rounded off the night as well as the traditional handover to the next winter olympic host city which will be beijing and twenty twenty two wrapping up the final day n.p.n. chang here is in there for trying. time really does fly and i can't believe that it's already the and

posted on the social media profiles of russian mercenaries with the the dates and locations matching this particular battle. the kremlin though and the ministry of defense are staying very tight lipped the kremlin says that it has no information about all of this the report should be verified and perhaps they should be put to the ministry of defense themselves now despite being technically illegal in russia private military companies have done much of the fighting on the russian side in both ukraine and syria it's a way of outsourcing military dirty work keeping costs and casualties off the books essentially but this catastrophe could blow the lid on all that and russian m.p.'s are starting to clamor for information it's not often the kremlin faces such a domestic challenge to its long maintain the stance of plausible deniability. sunday's plane crash in russia may have been caused by a frozen speed gauges minutes after taking off a passenger jet crashed in a field near moscow on sunday killing all seventy one people on board investigators say the crew may have failed to follow correct icing procedures an advisor to the former president of south korea h

of a russian warplanes. profits. this is video from the army one of the groups the claim to. russia's defense ministry says the pilots ejected was then killed in the ground fight. the new york times says that israeli planes have been carrying out acts in northern sinai with the approval of egypt's president. it says unmarked israeli war planes and helicopters have conducted dozens of raids over the past two years egypt has been fighting isis groups in the region. who has warned that more tough talks lie ahead for a government can be formed a conservative party is negotiating with the social democrats on forming a coalition. here with a little over twenty five minutes on al jazeera. this week's edition of the listening post next. some of the biggest names. but they're also under scrutiny by regulators in. business relations between. in the. industry. at this time. i. call. it the listening post here are some of the media stories we've been tracking this week.

factions in syria say they were responsible for the downing of a russian warplanes overhead live province on saturday russia's defense ministry says the pilot ejected from the jet but was killed in a ground fight near the town of sorry. and you can have seen much more news on our web site plenty of content and video just click on al-jazeera dot com those are your top stories stay with us al-jazeera next up its struggle over the nile. the novel. the world's longest river. a seven thousand kilometers a lifeline for almost four hundred million people. flowing north the nile runs through ten countries. the highlands in the heart of africa to the shores of the mediterranean sea. a source of sustenance but also one of tension even potentially conflict. the nile is the key to a geopolitical rivalry in the region. at its heart is egypt. with suspicions about former enemies. and tensions with an age old civilization and reveal deep seated fears about water scarcity and losing control of the river nile . alexandria egypt's main city on the mediterranean. here in march one thousand nine hundred three the founder of political zionism dis

russian pilot after shooting down his fighter jet over syria's northwestern italy province russia's defense ministry has confirmed the incident and says it's already retaliated with a strike on rebels. somebody from of the north a column of smoke marks the place where the russian war plane came down its pilot was able to parachute to the ground but not to safety russia's defense ministry says he died in a fight with militants it's not clear whether the rebels tried to capture him. there's no other way you know. a little more well out of the plane came down enough village so through the city of idlib very sure a lot of our road rebels and locals quickly gathered around the wreckage to celebrate their victory work well how do you. make a reporter well known in the arab world was also there. how do you plan on i mean i learned though i had to was just going to have people here call this kind of war plane the machine gun because of the heavy guns it carries. the bomb is it difficult to get attacks roads and cuts them off to stop cars from moving. you going to. allow the plane was a sukhoi twenty five a single seat jet designed to attack targets on the ground. a jihadist group linked to the former syrian

when he did that after the incident russian defense ministry released several details of his life roman left a wife and four year old daughter behind he was an experienced pilot and it was not his first time serving in syria he was. successful military operations and he was only thirty three years old when he was a life tragically but he died as a hero fighting terrorists on his own. daughters we're going to live with a memorial service thank you. for the story of the pardons bravery has not gone unnoticed received this letter from a veteran u.s. serviceman offering support and asking if there was a fund to collecting donations for his would one child we have asked of the russian forces have such a fund is being created and we are now waiting for clarification for the man who wrote that letter he gave us his thoughts on a major story he knew word of this chair of this war. and he knew what he had to do. and he knew he was never going to be captured. that's a decision he had to bake. it's very hard to sit back but. i salute a he did what he had to do this was a personal decision. he knew

conversations on the phone with the german chancellor and the president of france as you know i have already instructed the russian defense ministry we propose our syrian partners to organize some humanitarian corridors out of that area to be able to transport some of the children the elderly the wounded out of the air yet in the past we did it. in a agreement with the turkish president mr on and we managed to transport a large group of people out of there but a second group wasn't able to make it because the militants the fighters would not allow them to do that and we all. take efforts to normalize the situation in all of syria including eastern ghouta that it will succeed and if we try to split up the situation and try to score some short term political points in a separate areas then i don't think the overall effort will be a success but i hope for a positive solution and settlements. including its new. conflict in two thousand and five. suffers not only for civil with from what conflict and conflict will see a few also will make it is the kind of. somewhere we see many great power was. and it has certainly seen many other pro

of bashar assad's government forces the total number of russian troops have served in syria remains unclear but in december russia's defense ministry said that forty eight thousand soldiers again to combat experience there since the beginning of the mission but the total number of russians who fought in syria is likely to be much higher than that they are thought to be many russian must memories fighting alongside pro syrian forces a chorus line emily showing travel to a small town in the urals which reportedly saw a number of local men join a private military company. it's about as far as you can get from syria and yet here in the russian town of kid there all the people are waiting for news about seven locals who reportedly went to fight in syria they allegedly worked as mercenaries which is illegal in russia the topic is sensitive many people here say they know nothing about the man who. in fact we are repeatedly met with rejection and kid this building is home to the mother of one of the fighters she had agreed to speak to us about her son but canceled the interview after being told her son had been killed. a local gives us the

you're watching all jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour russian jets being shot down by rebels over syria's northwestern province russia's defense ministry says the pilot managed to eject but he was later killed near the town of. italy's prime minister has condemned a drive by shooting targeting african immigrants warning hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide people police arrested a man who'd been making a fascist salute up to six people were shot and. at least eleven soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in northern pakistan the soldiers were playing volleyball in the town in the swat valley thirteen others have been injured. the u.s. president says a republican classified memo released by congress clears him in the probe into links between russia and his presidential campaign he says this memo totally vindicates trump probe but the russian witch hunt goes on and on there was no collusion and there was no obstruction the word not. used because after one year of looking endlessly and finding nothing collusion is dead this is an american disgrace the memo was written by republicans on the house intelligence commi

in an echo of last year's chemical weapons attack, the russian defense ministry is blaming rebels in area of keeping stockpiles of the toxic agent. a u.n.-led initiative to stop these attacks in syria was vetoed by russia just last november. >>> back here at home, the senate is bracing for a battle to put a rift between republicans and the more conservative activist portion of the party. wicker has reportedly been assured of president trump's support. mcdaniel teased him impending campaign launch, expected to come tomorrow in a facebook live post last night. >> i'm going to be holding an event that i think you can probably read between the lines as the to why i would be holding an event. we're looking for a fight. and i can't wait to have you on my team. >> so backed by the tea party, mcdabbel nearly beat the state's other republican senator back in a 20 is 14 primary challenge losing by two points in a runoff back then. politico is the first to report that mcdaniels plans ending months of speculation about whether he would run in the scheduled primary against wicker or wait to see if

here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you hackers have attacked germany's foreign and defense ministry and stolen sensitive data the hackers are alleged to belong to the russian ruble accused of attacking the democratic national committee ahead of the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day if you can join is that. the whole d w one. four been focused global insights the news out for local heroes. a double made for minds.

is claiming it was behind the downing of a russian jet over italy province in syria russia's defense ministry is confirming the plane's pilot managed to eject himself but was killed in a subsequent ground fight russian syrian government planes have been targeting rebel fighters since december with more than thirty killed on saturday alone the u.n. says some one hundred thousand civilians have been displaced by the violence stephanie decker reports from the turkey syria border. oh. this is a russian fighter jet shot down by opposition forces. i mean remember the pilot manages to eject but he didn't survive. there are. these syrian fighters it's a huge symbolic victory. russian the syrian government have intensified their bombardment it province over the last two months government forces a slowly capturing territory in the south what is the last remaining syrian province under full rebel control. they're inching closer to the city of socketed which lies on a strategic road linking the northwest all the way to the capital damascus territory that is now almost fully under government control. and